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Rousseau and Woolf’s Literary Rebellion
Literature Refract Magazine 3/31/25 Literature Refract Magazine 3/31/25

Rousseau and Woolf’s Literary Rebellion

By David Redling

The two defy the cultural and societal norms of their times by divulging their traumatic and humiliating memories.

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How Does Alice Walker Take Her Coffee?
Literature Refract Magazine 5/7/24 Literature Refract Magazine 5/7/24

How Does Alice Walker Take Her Coffee?

By Valerie Conklin

“What’s it like speaking to poetry? How do you put your feelings into words so well, that anyone who reads them can feel the same?”

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Rhetorical Analysis: “What Do Pictures Want?”
Literature, Society Refract Magazine 9/22/23 Literature, Society Refract Magazine 9/22/23

Rhetorical Analysis: “What Do Pictures Want?”

By Eduardo Esteves

… As eras change, the figures we idolize morph into something new that, without knowing, we continue to unreasonably venerate—in this instance, technology and celebrities.

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The Decrease in Length of English Sentences: A Historical Overview
Education, Literature Refract Magazine 2/13/22 Education, Literature Refract Magazine 2/13/22

The Decrease in Length of English Sentences: A Historical Overview

By Edward Karak

Writers tailor their writing to their audience. When literacy was concentrated among the upper class, writers appealed to their refined, educated, and aristocratic tastes by writing more elaborate sentences.

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WAP: Wigs, Actors and Plays
Literature, Music, Arts and Culture Refract Magazine 12/22/21 Literature, Music, Arts and Culture Refract Magazine 12/22/21

WAP: Wigs, Actors and Plays

By Kezia Velista

While the song “WAP” has garnered widespread attention for its sexual lyricism and exuberant choreography, one can imagine that the initial reception of Fantomina also roused scandalous intrigue.

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Unlearning Arabian Nights
Literature, Arts and Culture Refract Magazine 9/20/21 Literature, Arts and Culture Refract Magazine 9/20/21

Unlearning Arabian Nights

By Mohammad Neaz

Orientalism is instilled not only throughout “The Arabian Nights” but also throughout various art forms in Western popular culture.

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The Pitfalls of Being Extreme
Literature, Society Refract Magazine 11/2/20 Literature, Society Refract Magazine 11/2/20

The Pitfalls of Being Extreme

By M'Niyah Lynn

In this play, Molière expresses how carefully weighing situations without relying on extremes is the way to see the world clearly.

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Obscenity and Orientalism:  How Burton’s Arabian Nights Challenged  the Victorian Stance on Sexuality
Literature, Society Refract Magazine 5/18/20 Literature, Society Refract Magazine 5/18/20

Obscenity and Orientalism: How Burton’s Arabian Nights Challenged the Victorian Stance on Sexuality

By Devon Gibbons

One could surmise that Burton’s intention in eroticizing the original narrative was, in a sense, a sort of primitive feminist endeavor.

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Examining Bookstores: The Strand
Life, Literature Refract Magazine 11/21/19 Life, Literature Refract Magazine 11/21/19

Examining Bookstores: The Strand

By Nikolaos Panaousis

A perfectly arranged path of book exploration.

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Woman at Point Zero
Literature, Society Noshin Hossain 11/15/18 Literature, Society Noshin Hossain 11/15/18

Woman at Point Zero

by Noshin Hossain

“With its relentless truth-telling and unyielding defiance of patriarchy, Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi cuts holes in the threads of despair in which it entangles women.”

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Resistance Until Demise: The Lesson of Bartleby and Teddy
Literature Refract Magazine 5/11/17 Literature Refract Magazine 5/11/17

Resistance Until Demise: The Lesson of Bartleby and Teddy

by Orr Chalamish

What does it mean to not buy into the American Dream?

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Woman Like a Man: Blurring Gender Lines
Literature, Society Refract Magazine 5/11/17 Literature, Society Refract Magazine 5/11/17

Woman Like a Man: Blurring Gender Lines

by Ashley Somwaru

"[You've] got a woman for a son"

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